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My best friend used to whisper:“Let us lay down our lives tonighthere, at the offering tablelet us tie our mouths shutand tape tongues to our legs!We’ll never be pure again!”

It was funny, back thenwhen we were a bunch of chuckling preteensand would sneak into the bathroom together,pull out our pocket demonsand dance around the sink as if it was a naked calf.

People say girlhood is full of glitter and carnagewe would collect the heads of boys who over-talked usand we would let the blood water our throats,nourish our budding lust for revenge.

I kissed my friend’s naked areolaunder the blankets in my bedwhile we were hiding from our parentswe chewed bubblegum and performed blood offerings monthlywe cried in the shower at nightand sang for the devil watching us in the the moonwe could fall asleep safelyknowing we weren’t alone.

Oh, now what will our parents say?Girl rejects god, finds self-realizationGirl is full of itches, can no longer accept place in societyGirl found at devil’s side, drinking absinthe and reading obscene booksGirl doesn’t care what you thinkGirl touches herself and likes it.Girl disappoints the world,pukes all over your condescending words.Girl gains safetythrough deviation.

[Malicia Frost, or Henna, is a hobbyist writer and an aspiring novelist from Finland. She enjoys surrealism, sci-fi and horror, and her works often deal with mental illness. More of her works can be found at her personal blog.]